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Nick P
I had a problem a couple of days ago where Windows XP would not start
up at all and I had to boot up from the Windows CD and go through a
repair process. (See bottom of message for details of the steps I
took.)
Now I have Windows XP Home running again, but when I move a file I can
no longer access it without going into Safe Mode and changing the user
properties there. I can access all files that existed prior to the
repair. The problem only occurs when I move a file to a different
folder, not when I make changes to a file or copy a file.
When in Safe Mode, all the new files created since I repaired Windows
give me a message:
"You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission
settings for <filename> but you can take ownership or change auditing
settings."
The screens then show no information about users and permissions, but
I can add users and create permissions.
The problem is that any file that I move to a different folder will
have the same problem. I will have to return to Safe Mode to be able
to access it again!
Does anyone have an idea of what is happening? How can I overcome
this?
I only log in as the one user who has administrator rights. Have I
inadvertantly created a new user when recovering Windows?
Thank you in advance for your help...
Nick
===== Repair Procedure Taken =====
A quick summary of what I had to do to repair Windows was as follows:-
When selecting Repair from the CD there was no Windows directory on
the C drive mentioned so I did the following:-
- Running DIR on the C drive gave the message "An error occurred
during directory enumeration."
- Ran MAP, it showed the following information:
F: 2502MB \Device\Harddisk0\Harddisk0\Partition1
C: 114737MB \Device\Harddisk0\Harddisk0\Partition2
- Ran FIXMBR to fix the boot record
- Ran DISKPART - just to see what was there. My C drive now appeared,
but one partition and all free!
- DIR still produced error message above
- Ran FIXBOOT - it couldn't make things worse, could it?
- DIR gave sensible results
- Tried to run Windows
- Ran CHKDSK - said OK and didn't need anything done on it. Still
couldn't boot into Windows.
- Ran CHKDSK /P - could boot into Windows after this but screen was
redrawing slowly
- Noticed that the driver for "NVIDIA nForce AGP Host to PCI Bridge"
was marked as corrupt or not loaded for another reason, so I scanned
the web and uninstalled the old driver and installed the downloaded
driver - all back to normal, I thought! See top for problem with
moving files...
up at all and I had to boot up from the Windows CD and go through a
repair process. (See bottom of message for details of the steps I
took.)
Now I have Windows XP Home running again, but when I move a file I can
no longer access it without going into Safe Mode and changing the user
properties there. I can access all files that existed prior to the
repair. The problem only occurs when I move a file to a different
folder, not when I make changes to a file or copy a file.
When in Safe Mode, all the new files created since I repaired Windows
give me a message:
"You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission
settings for <filename> but you can take ownership or change auditing
settings."
The screens then show no information about users and permissions, but
I can add users and create permissions.
The problem is that any file that I move to a different folder will
have the same problem. I will have to return to Safe Mode to be able
to access it again!
Does anyone have an idea of what is happening? How can I overcome
this?
I only log in as the one user who has administrator rights. Have I
inadvertantly created a new user when recovering Windows?
Thank you in advance for your help...
Nick
===== Repair Procedure Taken =====
A quick summary of what I had to do to repair Windows was as follows:-
When selecting Repair from the CD there was no Windows directory on
the C drive mentioned so I did the following:-
- Running DIR on the C drive gave the message "An error occurred
during directory enumeration."
- Ran MAP, it showed the following information:
F: 2502MB \Device\Harddisk0\Harddisk0\Partition1
C: 114737MB \Device\Harddisk0\Harddisk0\Partition2
- Ran FIXMBR to fix the boot record
- Ran DISKPART - just to see what was there. My C drive now appeared,
but one partition and all free!
- DIR still produced error message above
- Ran FIXBOOT - it couldn't make things worse, could it?
- DIR gave sensible results
- Tried to run Windows
- Ran CHKDSK - said OK and didn't need anything done on it. Still
couldn't boot into Windows.
- Ran CHKDSK /P - could boot into Windows after this but screen was
redrawing slowly
- Noticed that the driver for "NVIDIA nForce AGP Host to PCI Bridge"
was marked as corrupt or not loaded for another reason, so I scanned
the web and uninstalled the old driver and installed the downloaded
driver - all back to normal, I thought! See top for problem with
moving files...